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Finally Hillary Clinton Gets Security Clearance Revoked
Kevin JacksonOctober 12, 2018
I'm no rocket scientist, but shouldn't many of the Obama administration people have their security clearances revoked?
Recall the flap over Trump stripping traitor and former CIA Director John Brennan of his clearance. What should be investigated is how Brennan got clearance in the first place.
Brennan threatened to sue the administration. I predicted Brennan would do no such thing, because of the sh*tstorm he would open on himself. As is usually the case in my predictions against Leftists, I was right.
Well now we have the latest group of counterfeit Americans who got their security clearances revoked too late.
As The Washington Time reported,
Hillary Clinton has given up her security clearance in the wake of the scandal over her handling of secret information on her email server, the Senate Judiciary Committee revealed Friday.
Chairman Charles E. Grassley also revealed top Clinton aide Cheryl Mills and four others no longer have clearance.
Mrs. Clinton's clearance expired at the end of August. The others lost their access privileges in September.
I can only imagine the Trump administration allowed the Clintons to keep their clearance so he could watch their every move. Because with the number of investigations open on the Clintons, it's incredible that they weren't stripped years ago.
Consider how long we've been dealing with the Clintons and their crooked foundation. Then when you look at the campaign, where they colluded with the DNC, the media, the Obama administration. Understanding this, it seems clear that Obama wanted the Clintons to continue to have access.
Check out the excuse Clinton gave for wanting to maintain security clearances for her and her staff, according to the Washington Times:
The State Department, in a letter to Mr. Grassley, had said Mrs. Clinton and her aides retained clearance in order to conduct research after she left office
The names of the four additional aides besides Ms. Mills were redacted from the State Department letter that the committee released.
I'd like to see an investigation into all these staffers. My bet is there will be an obvious connection between Clinton's people and the FBI, the NSA, etc.
When you understand the power of the Clintons to maintain clearance, ergo access to secrets, you get an idea of how deep the Deep State truly is.
This explains why the FBI didn't take notes or videotape her interview with them. And it also explains a lot more.
Surely we can get a look at all the searches done by Clinton and team? Or is that on Clinton's super secret bathroom basement closet server?


Sometimes here at VIE, we do things simply because we love food. Our annual Culinary Issue shares some of our favorite restaurants, recipes, and dining destinations. We also know that many foodies enjoy making their own feasts, and it's so much more fun to do so when you have a collection of dinnerware, accessories, and tools that you love! This C'est la VIE collection is designed to make you feel right at home in the kitchen or behind the bar so you can help your guests feel at ease too.


No, this isn't yet another moan about how brainstorming doesn't work. It can, sort of, although not nearly as well nor as easily as its proponents tend to claim. But that's not why I'm writing this. The key problem in the scenario above, for me, is the last half-sentence; the by now routine and ritualistic condemnation of criticism in the context of idea generation.
Sure, the thought behind it is kind and not altogether misguided. In order to get people to comfortably share their ideas – their genuine, authentic, raw and not always fully formed ideas – it's important to create an atmosphere where they aren't afraid of being ridiculed or denigrated. Still, as so often happens when an idea is embraced by a community, this basic notion has gotten turned into a dogmatic notion.
Generations of facilitators and executives have been taught that questioning is the enemy of idea generation, that all criticism should be set aside, and, in the words of Chairman Mao, that one should adopt a "policy of letting a hundred flowers bloom." The problem? This doesn't lead to better ideas. In fact, it can stifle idea generation.
Back to the conference room. Egged on by the facilitator, the group is proposing ideas. Some are incisive and novel. Some less so. Quite a few are half-baked at best. At times, the person proposing an idea seems as unsure about what she's talking about as the rest of the room. But hey! No criticism.
Regardless of what's proposed, the response is the same. "Great!" says the facilitator. "Interesting!" he coos. "Challenging!" he offers, with a great, big smile. This is what goes for encouragement these days. Unbeknownst to our eager and well-intentioned facilitator, energy is in fact dissipating in the room, at an increasing pace.
For what happens when every idea is met with the exact same response, and when this response is just a variation of "Great!"? In short: Ideas and the generation of the same is turned into a meaningless, ritualistic exercise, one where the participants become more and more aware that ideas are tolerated and mollycoddled rather than respected and engaged with. After a while, people will pick up on the fact that ideas are met not with interest but with a pre-packaged response, a plastic smile and a pat on the back, and since they are smart, they'll realize they're being patronized.
For critique isn't the enemy. On the contrary, to critique an idea is to take it seriously, and to take an idea seriously is to show it and its progenitor respect. The average brainstorming session turns this idea on its head, and becomes a glaring example of how to not take ideas seriously, and how to disrespect both the participants and their ideas – if for the very kindest of reasons.
What we need in our modern organizations is not less criticism, but better cultures of critique. Cultures where respectful disagreements are an everyday occurrence, yet rarely or never descend into pathological squabbling. Where giving criticism is seen as a sign of care, and where a person will be praised for her skill in receiving and taking of critical comments. Critique is not the enemy, and the absence of criticism is not a virtue. We don't need more vapid brainstorms, we need more cultured critique.


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Tales from the Borderlands: Escape Plan Bravo - The Adventure Continues!
Rhys and Fiona have come so far on their quest, and players have become familiar with the quirky, rag-tag band of heroes of Tales from The Borderlands. We're getting Episode 4 soon, and Escape Plan Bravo sounds like it's going to be one heck of an adventure.
Where's the Vault beacon? On Helios, the Hyperion moon base. Where are our heroes? On Pandora, being held at gunpoint by Vallory and her goons. There's that whole 'space' thing they need to get past, to get to the prize. Sacrifices will be made; do you have it in you to make the tough choices?
"Between blasting into space, traitorous allies, and one of the most madcap action sequences we've ever produced, this is perhaps the most exciting episode yet in our collaboration with Gearbox and 2K," said Kevin Bruner, CEO and co-founder of Telltale Games. They kinda say that about every installment, but they've delivered so far and we see no reason to doubt them. The choices will only get tougher as the final episode approaches. Are you ready for it?
Tales from the Borderlands: Escape Plan Bravo will be available on the Telltale Online Store and Steam beginning Tuesday, August 18th.


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2 arrested in death of Bridgewater dad Christopher McCallum, arraignment Wednesday
NOVEMBER 5, 2019 – BOSTON, MA: A photo of Christopher McCallum who was found unconscious and bleeding outside a Quincy American Legion post and later died from his injuries. Courtesy of the McCallum family
By Erin Tiernan | etiernan@bostonherald.com | Boston Herald
PUBLISHED: November 5, 2019 at 5:34 p.m. | UPDATED: November 6, 2019 at 6:58 a.m.
Two men have been arrested in connection with the January homicide of Bridgewater father of three Chistopher McCallum, but authorities have declined to release their names or say what charges they'll be facing ahead of Wednesday's arraignment.
"Two adult males will be arraigned a Norfolk Superior Court at 2 p.m. Wednesday in relation to an incident at the Nickerson Post in January that resulted in the loss of life of Christopher Mccallum," a spokesman for District Attorney Michael Morrissey said on Tuesday.
Spokesman David Traub said the charges and names of the two men arrested are "under seal" pending Wednesday's arraignment.
It's an arraignment the McCallum family has been waiting more than nine months to come.
"We continue to struggle with his loss daily and look forward to finding him justice through the court system," the family said in a statement. "The McCallum family will never be the same without his loving presence."
McCallum, 44, was taken off life support on Jan. 28, the day after he was found bleeding and unconscious outside the Robert I. Nickerson Amercan Legion Post on Moon Island Road.
McCallum and his twin brother attended a private concert at the Squantum Point bar, but what was supposed to be a fun night out reliving their glory days quickly turned to tragedy when his family said McCallum tried to break up a fight in the bar parking lot.
The details about what happened outside the Squantum American Legion post in the early-morning hours of Jan. 27 have been sketchy. Quincy police recused themselves three days into the death investigation.
Police logs from the night show Quincy police received multiple 911 calls about a "large disturbance" at the address and found a man suffering from a head injury. Police radio communications from that night indicate that about 20 people were involved in a melee in the parking lot, but dispersed as police cars pulled up. Police questioned few, if any, people that night and the investigation dragged on for months.
McCallum's brother-in-law Bill Doyle called the arrests "great news" in a statement on Tuesday following news of the arrests.
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It may or may not have been her best work but, Beyonce's "You gonna be crazy, I'll show you crazy" in the 2009 film "Obsessed" has earned her an MTV Movie Award nomination ! Nominated alongside Sam Worthington and Stephen Lang ('Avatar'), Beyonce has been will vie for 'Best Fight' at the awards. In addition to battling 'Avatar' stars Worthington and Lang for votes, Beyonce and co-star, Ali Carter, face tough competition from fellow Best Fight nominees Hugh Jackman and Liev Schreiber (X Men Origins: Wolverine); Logan Lerman and Jake Abel (Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightening Thief); and Robert Downey Jr. and Mark Strong (Sherlock Holmes). The winner for 'Best Fight' will be announced during the 2010 MTV Movie Awards slated to take place June 6 in Los Angeles, airing Live! on MTV. Gabourey Sidibe, Betty White, Taylor Swift, Kristen Stewart and Zoe Zaldana are also nominated for 2010 MTV Movie Awards.
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Allusionist 29: WLTM part II - transcript
February 3, 2016 The Allusionist
To hear or read about this episode, visit theallusionist.org/wltm-ii
This is the Allusionist, in which I, Helen Zaltzman, wait for language to get its Netflix revival.
Coming up in today's show: one woman's linguistic experiment to win at online dating.
Let's warm up for that with a little word history, sponsored by Fallen London, the award-winning choose your own subterranean Victorian text adventure game. It's like a huge, interactive novel that's always changing - around Valentine's Day, you can participate in the Feast of the Rose, a big festival of love and debauchery. Or you can stay home, just you and your giant carnivorous plant. Play Fallen London for free at fallenlondon.com, and Allusionist listeners can get a free gift to use within the game at failbettergames.com/allusionist.
Thanks to Fallen London, here's the etymology of 'adorable'. Aaah! Cute! NO. Well, only after 1710 or thereabouts. But before then: 'worthy of worship' because 'adore' - which English got from French which got it from Latin - meant 'worship' and 'bow down' and 'pray'. Though actually, there are plenty other words that have become far more complimentary than their roots: 'awesome' has drifted from its quaking-in-the-face-of-God connotations, 'terrific' isn't so terrifying, and 'sick' isn't just a pile of something you step around on the pavement outside of a bar. Oh, and cute? Used to mean 'clever' or 'shrewd', an abbreviation of 'acute' which meant sharp, or in the case of disease, quick and severe. "Aw, your baby is so quick and severe!" Yep, going to need to find a new compliment.
On with the show.
HZ: There's a problem with online dating.
AMY WEBB: Fundamentally, these sites are not set up to match you. They can't be. Their interests are not your interests. It depends who you are.
HZ: She's the futurist and digital strategy consultant Amy Webb.
AW: In my case, I wanted not to be dating any more; I wanted to find the right person and be done. So if you're in that situation, the business is set up against you; their financial incentive is to keep you as a paying subscriber. They want to match you well enough, so that you've got dates to go on; but again, the business model incentivises them not to match you perfectly, every single time. If they had a magical algorithm that really worked, that would obviate the need for a monthly subscription, or a six-month-long package, or a year-long package.
HZ: There's another problem with online dating: you, or specifically the way you use language. Every dating site has its own algorithm which matches you with others based on the information you enter into your profile. But language is a vast, nuanced palette, and an algorithm can't necessarily grasp what you mean with total accuracy - and you might not have supplied total accuracy either.
AW: We all answer in an aspirational way, we don't answer honestly; it's really hard to be honest. So you wind up with a blob of language that gets associated with somebody else's blob of language, and a lot of it is fiction. I'm not saying people are intentionally lying; but you wind up trying to match a version of the person, rather than the person themself. So you're invariably going to wind up with bad matches.
HZ: And back in 2004, that is what kept happening to Amy Webb. She had just been through another rough breakup. She was more than ready to meet a man with whom she wanted to settle down. So with her family egging her on, she had signed up to a couple of dating sites.
AW: Just like everybody else - everybody has horror stories of online dates gone wrong - I definitely had my share.
HZ: The man who disappeared without paying his half of the huge restaurant bill. Men who insisted on high fiving all the time. The man who kept referring to himself in the third person and to his penis as 'The Captain'. And there were other linguistic red flags.
AW: There was a guy who claimed to be a surgeon, an orthopaedic surgeon, and we met at a coffee shop, and he's talking, and he couldn't pronounce 'anaesthesiologist'. And he kept trying to say - I can't even say it the way he was saying it, 'anethsesess' or something. And I was thinking, "This seems like one of those words that is part of your everyday vocabulary, if you're an orthopaedic surgeon." And he kept tripping over it, and eventually I thought, "I don't know what you do, dude, but you're not a surgeon. It's cool. I don't want to see you again, but next time you go out with someone and fake your profession, pick one with simpler terms."
HZ: Or practice beforehand.
AW: So there were some problems.
HZ: Her family told her that she was being too picky.
AW: I had not found it difficult to find dates; there seemed to be plenty of people to date. The challenge was, the promise of these websites wasn't being fulfilled. The promise of the websites is: you put your information in and we're going to match you with your soulmate.
So my expectation was that I would, at the very least, be matched with somebody who had some semblance of… at least some of the same interests as I did. As it happened, it seemed I was being matched on the basis of geography. And gender. That was about it.
And this all came to a head after one date. I had finally met somebody who shared similar interests, and he was really attractive, and we had great chemistry, and we had this amazing 45-minute-long date. And his phone rang -
HZ: It was his wife.
AW: I had just had it. And I went back to my apartment, and I opened up a bottle of wine, and I drank it all, and I was really really upset, and I called my sister, which is what I do when I'm really upset. But she had said to me, "When we were kids, we watched Mary Poppins over and over and over and over again. You remember that scene where Michael and Jane had caused yet another nanny to leave, and they make a list and sing a song about all the things they want in their nanny, and they write down everything they can possibly think of -"
CLIP OF 'THE PERFECT NANNY' FROM MARY POPPINS:
If you want this choice position
Have a cheery disposition.
Rosy cheeks, no warts;
Play games - all sorts...
AW: "- and then it gets sucks up through the chimney and Mary Poppins appears. Why don't you just make a list?" And I was like, "That's brilliant! I should totally - " in my drunken stupor I was like, "That's the perfect idea." And I start writing. And with the benefit of alcohol, the internal self-editor got turned off, and I wrote and I wrote and I wrote and I wrote. And I wound up with a list of 72 different things, so, data points, if you will. These were the 72 things I need in a guy in order to make me happy.
HZ: Number 7. Likes selected musicals: Chess, Evita. NOT CATS.
10. Must not smoke. Must insist I don't smoke either.
14. Must understand how important my career is and support me in it.
17. Wants two kids with me.
23. Challenges and stimulates me.
AW: So I thought, "Perfect! Now I know what I'm looking for, so I'll just go back to these websites, and I've got this lists."
HZ: 28. Appreciates the beauty of a well-crafted spreadsheet.
49. Must be willing to listen to George Michael.
AW: and even in my drunken stupor I knew 72 was a lot, it was going to be difficult.
HZ: So she went through the list and prioritized the 72 data points. Top tier points were dealbreakers; second tier were important but not essential, and so on; each point was assigned a numerical score.
AW: I said, "There's no way I'm going out with anybody until they meet a minimum score." Now, the problem with that idea is, while I now have a way to figure out whether or not I should go out with somebody, I realised I wouldn't date me, based on the profile that I had created.
HZ: "an award-winning journalist, speaker and future thinker, adapting current and emerging technologies for use in communications. She has spent twelve years working with digital media and now advises various start-ups, retailers, government agencies, and media organisations..."
AW: I had a really horrible, horrible profile, which I had created because I just wanted to get to the matching process. I don't like answering questions; I didn't find that part of the process enjoyable; I wanted efficiency. So I just copy and pasted parts of my resume, which I was proud of, and I had worked on really hard; and whatever photo I happened to have, because again, I wasn't thinking about people looking at my profile, I just wanted to look at other people's profiles.
HZ: Amy's resume is very impressive, but not rich in the language of courtship. For instance, in the 'Things I could never live without' section of her dating profile, she pasted "Content management systems" and "fluency in HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and other web languages". So no wonder the algorithms had had a little trouble finding her a perfect match.
And then Amy had a revelation.
AW: Once I had figured out what I wanted, I wanted to see what my competition was. At the time, the websites I was using, you couldn't flip the gender - if you were a woman you could only see men; if you were a man, you could only see women, unless you identified yourself as gay, and then you could flip back to the same gender. So I created a male profile with basically no information, just so I could get the keys so I could unlock the door to see who was there.
HZ: Amy ended up creating ten different male profiles, keeping printed folders for each detailing their appearances, family, job, education, hobbies, tastes - they were all pretty impressive catches who scored over the threshold of her points system. If those were the kind of guys Amy wanted to date, she needed to know how write her own profile so that the dating sites' algorithms would match her with them, and to do that, she needed to study the women's profiles that were being favoured. How did these women describe themselves? How long were their profiles and messages? What tone did they strike, what kind of information did they include, what vocabulary did they use?
AW: Looking at the most popular profiles - I was just shocked and then a little disappointed, and then I got really angry. Because - it wasn't just that...these women are pretty. You expect that. The pretty people who photograph well, you expect them to excel in an online dating environment. Because we're visual. You notice photos first, and then we go to text. Which is why in any catalogue you look at, you get these big product images, then you get the text that describes them .
But the language these women were using, the way they were describing themselves - they sounded like idiots! I just remember thinking, "This is so unfair!" Then I thought, "If these are the most popular people, what does that say about...Why would a woman who writes that she's silly and fun and likes to have a silly time in all caps with misspellings - who in their right mind would want to spend any time with that person?" It was a hard moment for me.
HZ: Seems quite reductive, those sorts of terms.
AW: Well… Yes, it does. So… It was very difficult. I'm looking through to see the words that were being used, and I'm surprised that the profiles that are the most popular ones seem to have grammatical errors - and not everyone should have a completely grammatically correct profile, but you should try. You should put your best foot forward.
HZ: Yes - in text, as in life, the first impression is important, and a profile filled with typos is like turning up to the first date with soup stains all down your front.
AW: On the flipside, there were these women who had 2000-word, very long-winded, very long profiles; you could tell that they had taken time, to be thoughtful, to express themselves, to describe themselves. Some of these women sounded amazing. But when you put that next to "I'm silly, I'm fun!" - the silly fun person sounds like I'm going to go out and have fun with this person, she's going to make me feel good about myself. Whereas with the other profiles, I thought I'd love to hang out and be friends with this person, but I probably wouldn't want to take her on a date.
HZ: If you write something brief and vapid about yourself - is part of the appeal of that that the person looking at it can project whatever they want onto you? Whereas the long profiles that talk in detail about yourself, that's giving the person too much information about why they might not want to be with you.
AW: That's fascinating. I hadn't really thought of that before, that the absence of description - I interpreted that to be vapid and many other negative things, but I think you could be right, that the absence of description allowed people to fill in the blanks. So I do think that's a trick that people who have written successful profiles employ. They say just enough to pique your curiosity so you want to know more, and then fill in the rest when you get to that first date. Conversely, if you list the more specific details, the more is available for somebody to disagree with.
HZ: Amy's profile was more than 900 words long. She discovered that the most popular profiles were short, containing an average of 97 words. And most of those words were different to ones Amy would tend to use.
AW: And they were inherently and intrinsically optimistic. If I were to have recrafted my profile to say "This is who I am and this is who I'm looking for", it's not that mine would have sounded bleak; but in part because it would seem for me to be a strange way to write, I would not have gone out of my way to use optimistic-sounding words, or mentioning concepts that are cheerful. I'm not not-cheerful; it just wouldn't occur to me to put that into my profile.
HZ: In the most popular women's profiles, the most frequently used words were 'fun', 'love', 'optimistic', 'laid-back', 'laugh', 'adventure'.
AW: That was the other really interesting thing: "Up for anything, I like to try things", giving that sense of openness, conveying that sense of potential is another trigger, psychologically, because it makes you feel as though you're probably not going to fail with that person, because they're up for anything. So something so simple had completely eluded me. But it makes perfect sense.
HZ: Amy spent a month studying dozens of women's profiles and gathering linguistic data. And then it was makeover time: if this was a film, there'd be a montage in which Amy tries on different outfits and gets a flattering new haircut, intercut with her rewriting her profile. It now said: "My friends would describe me as an outgoing and social world traveler, who's equally comfortable in blue jeans and little black dresses. I'd say they're right. I'm looking for a wickedly funny, insanely clever adventurer who's interested in making me laugh as we venture far off the beaten path together."
AW: After I relaunched my super-profile with all the right language and better photos; I was very popular and I had lots of interested parties. The one that really stuck out did the same thing that I did: he mentioned a few interesting details; for a job he said that he was an Arctic baby seal hunter, which I thought was really funny.
HZ: Must be awful if people didn't get that joke.
AW: Yes, and it turned out that profile belonged to the last ever first date that I went on, and that is my husband. We talked about that on our first date; I said I thought it was hilarious, he thought he was being clever and funny, and he got death threats.
HZ: Add to the linguistic data analysis: avoid jokes about animal cruelty.
AW: People were livid, and thought he was serious.
HZ: If he had used punctuation sloppily and bad grammar, do you think you would have been drawn to him in the first place?
AW: I think it would have been problematic. I will tell you why, and it's maybe unfair, but I was looking for someone extremely smart and extremely witty.
HZ: Point number 1: smart.
Number 2: funny.
AW: And spelling things weirdly or writing in an accidental nonsensical way would have turned me off, as much as Arctic baby seal hunter turned me on.
HZ: Remember Amy's previous date had lasted for 45 minutes. Well, her first date with the Arctic baby seal hunter was fourteen hours long. But when dating someone new, when is the right time to mention that you created ten fake men so you could data-mine the way that popular women use language?
AW: Yeah, that had to come up. I think it was the third or fourth date. I showed him The List. I said, "You know, I'm very happy with you, but I want to tell you what I did." And he got sort of flushed, and I thought for a moment, "Oh god, I've just killed this; I should've kept it to myself." But it turns out, he was deeply, deeply moved, because in reading through all of the different data points, he said it felt like I had conjured him up. Because it was him! So imagine being handed this description of you that somebody else had written. Luckily, that's what freaked him out, not the experiment part.
HZ: Number 22: appreciates my quirks and sensibilities.
AW: But one of the points was that I was looking for somebody who would appreciate a beautiful, handcrafted spreadsheet, and he did.
HZ: Bonus point to him because apparently he listens to this show. Hi Brian!
They've been together ever since.
You can read the full story in Amy's very fun book Data: A Love Story, and she did a TED talk as well - How I Hacked Online Dating. Her next book will be out this December.
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Last episode, you were kind enough to tell me about your dating profiles; if you're willing, I have another task for you for an upcoming episode. Go to a quiet place, and record yourself on whatever you've got - phone voice memo is fine - and tell me the worst thing you said to someone to break up with them. Or the worst thing someone said to you to break up with you. By 'worst', I do mean 'worst that you can kind of find funny now' rather than something that will emotionally devastate you afresh to recount in this forum. Send recordings to allusionistshow@gmail.com, if you're willing for me to use them in the show. It'll be anonymous, apart from your voice.
This episode was produced by me, Helen Zaltzman, with editorial aid from Julie Shapiro and Hrishikesh Hirway. Thanks to Martin Austwick for the music.
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An experimental study of pressure distributions within an air-permeable, double-layer roof system in regions of separated flow
J.H. Oh, G.A. Kopp
This paper is concerned with the pressure distributions on the external and internal surfaces of the outer layer of an air-permeable, double-layer roof system placed on a low-rise building in a region of separated flow. In particular, the effects of the gaps between panels (. G), cavity depth between layers (. H), and the panel size (. L) on the pressures and panel loads are examined. Wind tunnel-based experimental data from the model of a low-rise building in an open country terrain were used. In total, 39 configurations were examined for the range 1/30≤. G/H≤30 and 0.53≤. t/G≤16, where t is the panel thickness. It was found that the cavity pressure distributions are significantly affected by the geometric parameters. Values of the non-dimensional parameter, ϕ=[G/H]2[(fHLc/H)/(2(CL+ftt/G))] >~1 are associated with the cavity flow resistance controlling the pressure drops, leading to reduced-magnitude peak panel loads. The implications of the results for model-scale wind tunnel testing are discussed.
Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jweia.2014.12.006
Wind loads
Low-rise buildings
Building aerodynamics
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Oh, J. H., & Kopp, G. A. (2015). An experimental study of pressure distributions within an air-permeable, double-layer roof system in regions of separated flow. Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics, 138, 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jweia.2014.12.006
Oh, J.H. ; Kopp, G.A. / An experimental study of pressure distributions within an air-permeable, double-layer roof system in regions of separated flow. In: Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics. 2015 ; Vol. 138. pp. 1-12.
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Justia Patents US Patent Application for CONTROL APPARATUS, ENDOSCOPE POSITIONING STATE DETERMINATION METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY RECORDING MEDIUM Patent Application (Application #20220392102)
CONTROL APPARATUS, ENDOSCOPE POSITIONING STATE DETERMINATION METHOD, AND NON-TRANSITORY RECORDING MEDIUM
Aug 16, 2022 - Olympus
A control unit of a reprocessor main body includes a processor, the processor being configured to acquire a plurality of observation images, image pickup angles of which regarding a positioning state of an endoscope positioned in an endoscope reprocessor are different, select an image showing a first part that is a predetermined part inside the endoscope reprocessor and a second part that is a predetermined part of the endoscope, and determine whether the second part is included in a predetermined range from the first part.
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CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This application is a continuation application of PCT/JP2020/006308 filed on Feb. 18, 2020, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by this reference.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a control apparatus for determining whether an endoscope is appropriately positioned inside a treatment tank of an endoscope reprocessor, an endoscope positioning state determination method, and a non-transitory recording medium.
2. Description of the Related Art
Nowadays, there are endoscope reprocessors that perform reprocessing such as cleaning/disinfection on an endoscope used in a subject. In the case of performing reprocessing using such an endoscope reprocessor, the endoscope is positioned inside a treatment tank in a wound state. In this case, when a setting state of the endoscope (such as a wound state of an insertion section) described in a manual or the like is followed, a medicinal solution may entirely cover a surface of the endoscope, and appropriate reprocessing may be guaranteed. Accordingly, there is a demand for a technique of determining whether an endoscope reprocessor is used in a state where an endoscope is appropriately positioned such that reprocessing is correctly performed.
For example, as a technique for determining a setting state of an endoscope, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open Publication No. 2006-230492 discloses an endoscope cleaning apparatus where an endoscope detection sensor configured to detect that an endoscope is housed and positioned at a predetermined position is provided at a predetermined position on a side surface of a tank main body. According to the technique of Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open Publication No. 2006-230492, the endoscope detection sensor includes a pair of optical sensors including a light emission unit configured to emit light and a light reception unit configured to receive light from the light emission unit.
A control apparatus according to an aspect of the present invention includes a processor, where the processor is configured to acquire a plurality of observation images, image pickup angles of which regarding a positioning state of an endoscope positioned in an endoscope reprocessor are different, select an image showing a first part that is a predetermined part inside the endoscope reprocessor and a second part that is a predetermined part of the endoscope, and determine whether the second part is included in a predetermined range from the first part.
An endoscope positioning state determination method according to one aspect of the present invention includes: acquiring a plurality of observation images, image pickup angles of which regarding a positioning state of an endoscope positioned in an endoscope reprocessor are different; and determining, in order from one of the plurality of observation images that is acquired last in a time series, whether a second part is included in a predetermined range from a first part that is a predetermined part inside the endoscope reprocessor.
A non-transitory recording medium according to an aspect of the present invention, records a program for causing a computer to: acquire a plurality of observation images, image pickup angles of which regarding a positioning state of an endoscope positioned in an endoscope reprocessor are different; and determine, in order from one of the plurality of observation images that is acquired last in a time series, whether a second part is included in a predetermined range from a first part that is a predetermined part inside the endoscope reprocessor.
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an endoscope reprocessor;
FIG. 2 is a top view of the endoscope reprocessor;
FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing a state where an endoscope is positioned in a treatment tank of the endoscope reprocessor;
FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram for describing positioning of a terminal holding section of the endoscope reprocessor;
FIG. 5 is a front view of an observation terminal of the endoscope reprocessor;
FIG. 6 is a rear view of the observation terminal of the endoscope reprocessor;
FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram of a reading apparatus that is removable from the observation terminal;
FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing a positioning state determination routine for the endoscope;
FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing the positioning state determination routine for the endoscope;
FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing a positioning state determination subroutine for the endoscope that is based on a proportion of a specific color;
FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing a positioning state determination subroutine for the endoscope that is based on positioning of a specific part;
FIG. 12 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a relationship between a state where a top cover is closed halfway and an observation image;
FIG. 13 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of the relationship between the state where the top cover is closed halfway and the observation image;
FIG. 14 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a relationship between a state where the top cover is fully closed and the observation image;
FIG. 15 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of evaluation regions set based on two index pins;
FIG. 16 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of the specific parts of the endoscope present within the evaluation regions;
FIG. 17 is a perspective view of an endoscope reprocessor according to a first modification; and
FIG. 18 is a configuration diagram of a determination system including a neural network according to a second modification.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an endoscope reprocessor 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a top view of the endoscope reprocessor 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram for describing a state where an endoscope E is positioned in a treatment tank 31 of the endoscope reprocessor 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention.
The endoscope reprocessor 1 is an apparatus that performs reprocessing on the endoscope E that is contaminated, components or accessories of the endoscope E, and the like. Reprocessing here is not particularly limited, and may be any of, or a combination of, rinsing with water, cleaning to remove stains due to organic matters or the like, disinfection to inactivate predetermined microorganisms, or sterilization to eliminate or kill all microorganisms. Furthermore, the endoscope reprocessor 1 may be used to perform reprocessing on tubular medical equipment, such as dilators or endoscope sheaths.
Note that in the following description, a downward direction indicates a gravity direction, an upward direction indicates a direction opposite to the gravity direction, and high/low indicates a height relationship in the gravity direction.
In the present embodiment, the endoscope reprocessor 1 includes a top cover 11 as a cover including a cover panel 13 that is a transmission section, a reprocessor main body 21, and a terminal holding section 111 provided on the top cover 11. The terminal holding section 111 holds an observation terminal D that receives an observation wave.
In FIGS. 1 and 2, the terminal holding section 111 holds the observation terminal D in such a way that the observation terminal D is disposed on a surface of the top cover 11, but the present invention is not limited to such a case. For example, as shown in FIG. 17, the observation terminal D may be attached to an end of the top cover 11 to be exposed from the top cover 11. In this case, the terminal holding section 111 for holding the observation terminal D is provided on an end surface at the other end of the top cover 11, at a predetermined angle, for example.
The top cover 11 is positioned with a back surface facing the treatment tank 31 of the reprocessor main body 21. The top cover 11 allows opening/closing of the treatment tank 31 by rotation around a hinge 11a. In other words, one end of the top cover 11 is connected to the reprocessor main body 21 by the hinge 11a, and the other end is rotated around the one end. When in a closed state, the top cover 11 covers the treatment tank 31. The top cover 11 includes a cover frame 12, the cover panel 13 that is a transmission section, a gas filter 14, and a finger hooking section 15. The top cover 11 may be provided with a gyrosensor, and may be capable of transmitting angular velocity information to the observation terminal D.
The cover frame 12 is provided extending along a periphery portion of the top cover 11. A material of the cover frame 12 is not particularly limited, and metal or resin may be cited as an example. The cover frame 12 includes, on a back surface, a packing 12a that is provided extending along a top edge portion of the treatment tank 31. When the top cover 11 is placed in the closed state, the packing 12a comes into close contact with the top edge portion of the treatment tank 31.
The cover panel 13 has a light transmitting property. As a transmitting material for forming the cover panel 13, resin or ceramic may be cited as an example. As the resin, polycarbonate having chemical resistance and a visible light transmitting property may be cited as an example. The cover panel 13 is provided inside the cover frame 12. Although not particularly limited, the cover panel 13 may include a cover discharge port 13a at a part, on the one side, bulging in a dome shape.
The gas filter 14 is formed of a filter medium container and a filter medium contained in the filter medium container, and is removably attached to the cover discharge port 13a. The gas filter 14 includes a filter discharge port 14a at an upper portion (FIG. 2). The gas filter 14 takes gas from the treatment tank 31 through the cover discharge port 13a, and discharges gas subjected to filtering for deodorization or the like through the filter discharge port 14a.
The finger hooking section 15 is provided continuously to the other end side of the cover frame 12 to allow a user to hook his/her finger thereon. A catch 15a is provided inside the finger hooking section 15.
The reprocessor main body 21 includes a lock section 22, a display unit 23 as a notification unit, an operation unit 24, a water supply hose connection port 25, a communication unit 26, a control unit 27 as a control apparatus, and the treatment tank 31.
The lock section 22 is provided on the other end side of an upper portion of the reprocessor main body 21. The lock section 22 engages with the catch 15a or releases engagement with the catch 15a by being controlled by the control unit 27. When the lock section 22 engages with the catch 15a, the top cover 11 is locked in the closed state. When the lock section 22 is coupled to a foot panel 28, engagement with the catch 15a may be released by the foot panel.
The display unit 23 is provided at the upper portion of the reprocessor main body 21, at a corner portion on the other end side. The display unit 23 includes a display panel, and issues various notifications to the user by being controlled by the control unit 27.
The operation unit 24 includes an instruction input button, and allows input of various instructions to the endoscope reprocessor 1.
The water supply hose connection port 25 is connected to a tap by a water supply tube W.
The communication unit 26 is connected to the control unit 27, and is capable of communicating with the observation terminal D in a wired or wireless manner by being controlled by the control unit 27. The communication unit 26 may also be able to communicate with an external apparatus via a network.
The control unit 27 controls each unit of the endoscope reprocessor 1. The control unit 27 includes a processor and a memory, and is capable of executing various programs stored in the memory. Functions of the control unit 27 are implemented by reading and executing the programs stored in the memory.
The control unit 27 is connected to the observation terminal D via the communication unit 26. When a determination result indicating an abnormality is inputted from the observation terminal D, the control unit 27 notifies the user of the abnormality. An abnormality notification may be a display of warning on the display unit 23, or may be output of a warning sound from a speaker, not shown. Furthermore, when the determination result indicating an abnormality is inputted from the observation terminal D, the control unit 27 may perform control to stop reprocessing.
The control unit 27 is connected to a reading apparatus 27a for RFID (radio frequency identification). For example, the reading apparatus 27a is provided on the other end side at the upper portion of the reprocessor main body 21, at a corner portion on an opposite side from the display unit 23 across the treatment tank 31.
The reading apparatus 27a is capable of communicating with an RFID tag (not shown) provided to a scope connector E4 or the like of the endoscope E, in a non-contact manner using radio waves or electromagnetic waves.
As shown in FIG. 3, the treatment tank 31 is provided at an upper portion of the reprocessor main body 21. As shown in FIG. 3, when the top cover 11 is in an open state, the treatment tank 31 is exposed to outside. The treatment tank 31 has a recessed shape so that the endoscope E to be subjected to reprocessing may be housed and liquid, such as a cleaning solution, a disinfecting solution or a rinsing liquid, may be stored. As shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the treatment tank 31 includes air/water feeding connectors 32, a holding net 33, a cleaning case 34, water level gauges 35, a medicinal solution nozzle 36, a water supply circulation nozzle 37, a circulation port 38, and a liquid discharge port 39.
In the treatment tank 31, a cleaning tube T connects the reprocessor main body 21 and the endoscope E. The cleaning tube T includes an endoscope-side connector T1 that is connected to the endoscope E, and a reprocessor-side connector T2 that is connected to the reprocessor main body 21. An ejection port T3 from which liquid is ejected in a liquid passing state is provided to the reprocessor-side connector T2.
For example, the endoscope E includes an endoscope operation section E1, an insertion section E2 having an elongated shape that extends from the endoscope operation section E1 to a distal end side, a universal cord E3 extending from the endoscope operation section E1, and the scope connector E4 provided extending from a distal end side of the universal cord E3. The endoscope-side connectors T1 are connected to the endoscope operation section E1 and the scope connector E4.
The air/water feeding connectors 32 are provided in a wall of the treatment tank 31. The reprocessor-side connector T2 is connected to the air/water feeding connector 32. FIG. 3 shows eight air/water feeding connectors 32, but the number of air/water feeding connectors 32 is not limited to eight. The air/water feeding connector 32 is connected to the circulation port 38 by a conduit. When the control unit 27 drives a circulation pump, the air/water feeding connector 32 feeds liquid taken in from the circulation port 38 to the endoscope E. Furthermore, when the control unit 27 drives an air compressor, the air/water feeding connector 32 feeds air taken in from atmosphere to the endoscope E.
The holding net 33 is attached to a bottom portion of the treatment tank 31. A material of the holding net is not particularly limited, and metal or resin may be cited as an example. The holding net 33 includes an index pin 33a including a mark for indicating a height of a disinfecting liquid level, an operation section receiving section 33b where the endoscope operation section E1 is positioned, a scope connector receiving section 33c where the scope connector E4 is positioned, and a hook 33d where the insertion section E2 and the universal cord E3 are hooked. The user positions the endoscope operation section E1 on the operation section receiving section 33b, positions the scope connector E4 on the scope connector receiving section 33c, and winds the insertion section E2 and the universal cord E3 to pass on an inside of the hook 33d. The user causes the endoscope E to be held by the holding net 33 at below the mark of the index pin 33a so as not to rise above the disinfecting liquid level.
A setting state of such an endoscope E is described in a manual for the endoscope E, a manual for the endoscope reprocessor 1, or the like, in relation to each type of endoscope E. In other words, to perform appropriate reprocessing on the endoscope E, an appropriate positioning state is set for each type of endoscope E such that positioning is performed in such a way that parts (especially, the insertion section E2 and the like) wound around on the holding net 33 and the like do not come into close contact with each other.
The cleaning case 34 is attached to a center portion of the holding net 33. Accessories removed from the endoscope E, such as an air/water feeding button, a suction button, and a cap, are housed in the cleaning case 34. A lower portion of the cleaning case 34 is connected to a bottom portion connector provided at a bottom portion of the reprocessor main body 21. Air or water is fed from the bottom portion connector to the cleaning case 34 by being controlled by the control unit 27. The accessories are not particularly limited, and for example, the suction button and the air/water feeding button that are attached to the endoscope E at the time of use and removed from the endoscope E at the time of reprocessing, or a distal end cover that covers a distal end portion of the endoscope E may be cited as examples.
The water level gauge 35 checks a level of liquid in the cleaning tank, and outputs a check result to the control unit 27.
The medicinal solution nozzle 36 is provided at a terrace section that is provided at a periphery portion inside the treatment tank 31, at a position that is one step higher. The medicinal solution nozzle 36 is connected to a medicinal solution tank inside the reprocessor main body 21, and discharges a medicinal solution in the medicinal solution tank to the treatment tank 31 by driving of a medicinal solution pump by the control unit 27.
The water supply circulation nozzle 37 is provided at the terrace section. The water supply circulation nozzle 37 is connected to the circulation port 38 by a conduit. When the control unit 27 drives the circulation pump, the water supply circulation nozzle 37 discharges liquid taken in from the circulation port 38 into the treatment tank 31. Furthermore, the water supply circulation nozzle 37 discharges water supplied from the water supply tube W into the treatment tank 31 via the water supply hose connection port 25, by being controlled by the control unit 27.
Each of the circulation port 38 and the liquid discharge port 39 is provided at the bottom portion of the treatment tank 31, and a mesh filter is attached to each of the circulation port 38 and the liquid discharge port 39 (FIG. 2). The circulation port 38 takes in liquid in the treatment tank 31. The liquid discharge port 39 is connected to external liquid discharge means, and discharges liquid in the treatment tank 31 to outside. Furthermore, the liquid discharge port 39 is capable of being connected to the medicinal solution tank by being controlled by the control unit 27. When the liquid discharge port 39 is connected to the medicinal solution tank, the medicinal solution used in the treatment tank 31 gets collected in the medicinal solution tank.
An example of the medicinal solution used by the endoscope reprocessor 1 is peracetic acid solution. The peracetic acid solution is prepared inside the endoscope reprocessor 1 to a predetermined concentration by dilution of a stock solution with water supplied through the water supply tube W. The medicinal solution is stored in the medicinal solution tank, and is discharged into the treatment tank 31 through the medicinal solution nozzle 36 at the time of disinfection of the endoscope E. After being used to disinfect the endoscope E, the medicinal solution is collected into the medicinal solution tank to be used for next reprocessing. A concentration of the medicinal solution decreases according to the number of used days and the number of used times.
The terminal holding section 111 is provided on a surface side of the top cover 11, opposite from a back surface side (FIG. 2). A material of the terminal holding section is not particularly limited, and metal or resin may be cited as an example. The terminal holding section 111 is configured such that the observation terminal D may be held at a position that allows observation of inside of the treatment tank 31 through the cover panel 13. In other words, the terminal holding section 111 is disposed on an outer surface of the top cover 11.
FIG. 5 is a front view of the observation terminal D of the endoscope reprocessor 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 6 is a rear view of the observation terminal D of the endoscope reprocessor 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention.
As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, the observation terminal D is a tablet personal digital assistant, for example. The observation terminal D includes an observation unit D1, a control unit D3 as a control apparatus, and a notification unit D5. The observation terminal D preferably includes an observation unit D2, a communication unit D4, an external connection connector D6, or a gyrosensor D7.
The observation unit D1 is provided on a front surface of the observation terminal D. The observation unit D2 is provided on a back surface of the observation terminal D. A configuration of a known camera may be used as the observation unit D1 and D2. The observation unit D1 and D2 includes an image pickup device including a CMOS, a CCD or the like, and picks up an image of outside, and outputs a picked-up image to the control unit D3 as an observation image P. The observation unit D1 and D2 may include a wide angle lens. The wide angle lens may be fixed to the observation terminal D, or may be removable from the observation terminal D.
In other words, the observation unit D1 as a reception unit receives light that is reflected inside the treatment tank 31 and that is transmitted through the cover panel 13. Light here is not limited to visible light, and may be far infrared light, infrared light, or ultraviolet light.
The control unit D3 includes a processor and a memory, and controls operation of each unit in the observation terminal D.
The control unit D3 may determine an endoscope positioning state based on a picked-up image or moving image, or determination may be performed by an external apparatus instead of by the observation terminal D. In the case where determination is performed by an external apparatus, the picked-up image is outputted to the external apparatus via the communication unit D4 or the external connection connector D6 described later. As the external apparatus, a smartphone, a tablet, a personal computer, a reprocessor, or a cloud may be cited as an example.
Furthermore, a determination result from the control unit D3 or the external apparatus may be outputted to the display unit D5 of the observation terminal D or to an external apparatus. The external apparatus as an output destination of the determination result may be a smartphone, a tablet, a personal computer, a reprocessor, or an alarm apparatus.
In an example where output to an external apparatus is to be performed, the communication unit D4 performs communication with the communication unit 26, and outputs the determination result to the control unit 27 of the reprocessor main body 21, for example. In the case where the determination result that is inputted indicates "incorrect positioning", the control unit 27 may execute a program to display a warning on the display unit 23 of the reprocessor main body 21 or to lock the operation unit 24 to prevent reprocessing from being started, for example.
The display unit D5 is capable of displaying various types of information on a display panel by being controlled by the control unit D3. The display unit D5 may display the determination result. A touch panel overlaps the display panel of the display unit D5, and various instructions may be inputted by touch operation.
The external connection connector D6 electrically connects the observation terminal D to an external apparatus. As the external connection connector DC, a USB outlet may be cited as an example. For example, as shown in FIG. 7, the external connection connector D6 may connect a removable RFID reading apparatus 40 as an external apparatus.
The gyrosensor D7 is configured by a piezoelectric element, a silicon resonator or the like, and detects an angular velocity that is caused by a change in an orientation or the like of the observation terminal D. The gyrosensor D7 outputs the detected angular velocity to the control unit D3.
Next, a positioning state determination method for the endoscope E performed by the endoscope reprocessor 1 having such a configuration will be described. For example, determination of a positioning state of the endoscope E is performed according to a flowchart of a positioning state determination routine shown in FIG. 8. The positioning state determination routine is performed by the control unit D3 of the observation terminal D, for example, after the endoscope E is set in the treatment tank 31 by the user. However, the present invention is not limited to such a case, and determination of the positioning state may be performed by an external apparatus, as described above. In other words, a determination unit according to the present invention may be integrated with or separate from the observation terminal D.
FIRST EXAMPLE
When the routine starts, the observation unit acquires image information (S103, an observation step).
After the observation step, the determination unit that determines a positioning state, such as the control unit D3, determines whether the positioning state is appropriate or inappropriate, based on the image information and according to an index indicating whether a predetermined part E2a of the endoscope is included in a predetermined range A including a predetermined part 33a inside the treatment tank as shown in FIG. 16 (S108, a determination step).
In FIG. 16, the pin 33a of the holding net is shown as the predetermined part inside the treatment tank, but the present invention is not limited to such a case, and any object that is at a fixed position inside the treatment tank 31 may be used. For example, as the predetermined part inside the treatment tank, the pin 33a of the holding net, the hook 33d of the holding net, the cleaning case 34, the water level gauge 35, the medicinal solution nozzle 36, a temperature gauge, not shown, or the like may be used.
FIG. 16 shows the predetermined range A to have a circular shape, but the present invention is not limited to such a case, and the predetermined range A may have other shapes such as an oval shape or a polygonal shape, or may be an overlapped portion of two figures as shown in FIG. 15. Furthermore, a size and a shape of the predetermined range A may be changed according to endoscope information such as type. Details of an acquisition method of the endoscope information will be given in a first modification of the first example. It suffices if there is at least one predetermined range A, and the predetermined range A may be provided at a plurality of parts as shown in FIG. 16.
In FIG. 16, a scale line on the endoscope is shown as an example of the predetermined part E2a of the endoscope, but the present invention is not limited to such a case, and any part forming the endoscope, such as an endoscope distal end, may be used.
After the determination step, the notification unit notifies the result of determination (S111, a notification step). The notification unit may notify both of a case of "appropriate positioning" and a case of "inappropriate positioning", or may notify only the case of "inappropriate positioning". In the case of the latter, the reprocessor 1 permits reprocessing in the case where the result of determination is "appropriate positioning" (S110). Permission here may mean automatic start of reprocessing by the reprocessor, or may be enabling of operation of reprocessing start using the operation unit 24 of the reprocessor.
As the notification unit, any apparatus that is capable of communicating with the determination unit and that includes a notification function may be used as appropriate. For example, the display unit 23 provided to the reprocessor 21, or the display unit D5 of the observation terminal D may be used.
Notification by the notification unit may be notification by visual information, notification by audio information, or notification by other methods.
First Modification of First Example
Before acquiring the image information (S103, the observation step), the control unit D3 may acquire the endoscope information of the endoscope E in step S101, or may check whether the endoscope information of the endoscope E is acquired or not.
The endoscope information here may be acquired by causing the reading apparatus 27a provided to the reprocessor main body 21 to read an RFID tag provided on the scope connector E4 or the like of the endoscope E, for example. In other words, when the user brings the scope connector E4 or the like close to the reading apparatus 27a, the control unit 27 acquires information about the endoscope E (the endoscope information) through the reading apparatus 27a. The control unit 27 transmits the acquired endoscope information to the observation terminal D by wireless communication between the communication unit 26 and the communication unit D4. The control unit D3 thus acquires the endoscope information.
In FIGS. 1 and 2, the reading apparatus 27a is disposed outside the treatment tank 31, but the present invention is not limited to such a case, and the reading apparatus 27a may alternatively be disposed inside the treatment tank 31.
Alternatively, in the case where the reading apparatus 40 is connected to the external connection connector D6, the control unit D3 may directly acquire information about the endoscope E by the user bringing the scope connector E4 or the like close to the reading apparatus 40. Note that the reading apparatus may also be embedded in the observation terminal D in advance.
Alternatively, the control unit D3 may acquire the endoscope information by picking up an image of the specific part of the endoscope E by the observation unit D1 or the observation D2 and identifying a model or the like of the endoscope E based on the shape identified by image recognition or the like or an identification number.
Alternatively, the control unit D3 may acquire the endoscope information through manual input or voice input of the endoscope information by the user.
Alternatively, the control unit D3 may acquire the endoscope information by acquiring information that is inputted to a clinical record in an external apparatus at the time of endoscopic diagnosis.
In step S101, in the case where it is determined that the endoscope information is not acquired, the control unit D3 stays in standby. In the case where it is determined in step S101 that the endoscope information is acquired, the control unit D3 proceeds to a next step.
Second Modification of First Example
The process may proceed from step S101 to Step S102. In step S102, the control unit D3 checks whether there is occurrence of a trigger for starting image pickup of the positioning state of the endoscope E. Alternatively, instead of performing S102, image pickup and determination may be performed constantly.
As the trigger, an orientation of the observation terminal D that is calculated based on an angle or the like from the gyrosensor D7 at the time of the top cover 11 being moved by the user in a closing direction from a fully opened state may be used.
Alternatively, in the case where the user inputs voice to the observation terminal D, the control unit D3 may take a predetermined command recognized by voice recognition as the trigger to start image pickup.
Alternatively, a switch (not shown) that is turned on every time the top cover 11 is rotated by a predetermined angle may be provided to the hinge 11a, and an on signal generated by the switch may be taken as the trigger to start image pickup. In this case, the control unit D3 may receive the signal from the switch provided to the hinge 11a, in a wired or wireless manner.
Alternatively, the control unit D3 may take predetermined operations performed by the user on various switches, such as the foot panel 28, provided to the reprocessor main body 21 as the triggers. In this case, the control unit D3 may receive a predetermined signal generated at the reprocessor main body 21 by an operation by the user, by wireless communication or wired communication between the communication unit 26 and the communication unit D4.
Alternatively, the control unit D3 may take a pressing operation of the user on an image pickup button displayed on the display unit D5 of the observation terminal D as the trigger.
In the case where it is determined in step S102 that there is no occurrence of the trigger to start image pickup, the control unit D3 stays in standby. In the case where it is determined in step S102 that there is occurrence of the trigger to start image pickup, the control unit D3 proceeds to step S103, and picks up an image of the positioning state of the endoscope E positioned inside the treatment tank 31, by the observation unit D1 or the observation unit D2, and acquires the observation image P (the observation step).
Third Modification of First Example
In the first example, it suffices if there is at least one type of observation image, and the observation terminal D may pick up a plurality of observation images of different types. Various image pickup methods may be used to acquire the plurality of observation images P.
As the method of picking up a plurality of observation images of different types, image pickup may be performed using light with predetermined wavelengths (first and second wavelengths) that are different from each other. As described above, the wavelength here is not limited to visible light, and may be far infrared light, infrared light, or ultraviolet light. When the wavelengths are different from each other, differences are caused in relation to an amount of reflection from a subject and a periphery of the subject and a position of reflection, and thus, a poor image due to halation may be excluded from targets of determination by comparing the observation images with different wavelengths.
As the method of obtaining the plurality of observation images P of different types, for example, image pickup of inside of the treatment tank 31 may be performed from different angles. For example, it is possible to obtain images of inside of the treatment tank 31 that are picked up from different angles, by setting the endoscope E in the treatment tank 31, and acquiring the observation image two or more times from before closing of the top cover 11 to after the top cover 11 is closed. For example, by using the gyrosensor disposed on the observation terminal D or the top cover 11 as described above, the control unit D3 may cause the trigger to start image pickup to occur at each timing when the observation terminal D is changed to a predetermined angle set in advance according to movement of the top cover 11. In this case, the observation terminal D or the endoscope reprocessor 1 may guide the user through voice such that a speed of closing the top cover is not too fast, or a known mechanism for preventing the hinge 11a from closing too fast may be installed.
A process for obtaining the plurality of observation images P of different types as described above may be performed based on a flowchart shown in FIG. 9, for example. Note that in FIG. 9, same processes as in FIG. 8 are denoted by same step numbers. When the process proceeds from step S103 to S104, the control unit D3 checks whether the observation image P picked up in step S103 is a last image. The last image here is an image that is picked up in a state where the top cover 11 is fully closed (see FIG. 14). Note that in the present embodiment, the last image is an image that is picked up in a state where the treatment tank 31 is squarely faced.
Then, in the case where it is determined in step S104 that the observation image P that is currently picked up is not the last image, the control unit D3 returns to step S102. In the case where it is determined in step 5104 that the observation image P that is currently picked up is the last image, the control unit D3 proceeds to step S105. Note that determination of whether the observation image P is the last image or not may be performed by detecting the state of the hinge 11a by the endoscope reprocessor 1 and by transmitting a detected signal to the observation terminal D.
Through repetition of the processes from step S102 to step S104 as described above, the control unit D3 acquires a plurality of (at least two) observation images P picked up under different conditions, between before the top cover 11 is dosed and after the top cover 11 is closed.
When the process proceeds from step S104 to step S105, the control unit D3 eliminates a poor image or selects one image for determination by comparing the plurality of observation images P that are acquired. In other words, in the case where the treatment tank 31 is made from a material such as stainless steel, the insertion section E2 or the like of the endoscope E may be reflected on a surface of the treatment tank 31 depending on an angle at which the observation image P is picked up and may appear as a virtual image in the observation image P. Furthermore, when light from a room lamp or the like is reflected on the treatment tank and halation is shown on the image, an endoscope image may be partially chipped. Accordingly, the control unit D3 may eliminate a poor image among the observation images P from determination targets by comparing the observation images P picked up at respective angles.
Fourth Modification of First Example
More specifically, the process in step S108 in the first example may be performed according to a subroutine shown in FIG. 11, for example.
In other words, the control unit D3 extracts an image that is last acquired from among the plurality of observation images P that are acquired (S301).
When the image is extracted, the control unit D3 sets, on the extracted image, one or more predetermined ranges A as evaluation regions, according to the type or the like of the endoscope E (S302).
Next, as described in the example described above, the control unit D3 performs evaluation of the predetermined range A (S303).
When, as a result, an evaluation value is appropriate for every predetermined range A, the control unit D3 determines that the endoscope E is in an appropriate positioning state (S307), and exits the subroutine.
In the case where the evaluation value for at least one predetermined range A is not appropriate, the control unit D3 extracts an image that is acquired immediately before the image that is currently extracted (S306), and returns to the process in step S302.
In the case where the currently extracted image is an image that is acquired first (in the case of "YES" in the determination in S305), the control unit D3 determines that the endoscope E positioned in the treatment tank 31 is in an inappropriate positioning state, and exits the subroutine.
SECOND EXAMPLE
In addition to determination based on positioning of the specific part (S108) described in the first example, a determination method different from S108 may also be performed.
For example, as shown in FIG. 9, determination of whether the endoscope E is appropriately positioned inside the treatment tank 31 may be performed after step S105, based on a proportion of a specific color in the observation image (S106).
Positioning state determination regarding the endoscope based on the proportion of a specific color is performed according to a subroutine shown in FIG. 10, for example. When the subroutine is started, the control unit D3 extracts the observation image P that is acquired by the process in step S103.
For example, in the case where the insertion section E2 and the like of the endoscope E are black and other colors of the treatment tank 31 and the like are other than black, when the observation image P of the evaluation region A showing the insertion section E2 and the treatment tank 31 is binarized (S202), proportions of the insertion section E2 and the treatment tank 31 in each evaluation region A may be roughly grasped by obtaining an evaluation value by evaluating a ratio of the two colors in the image. Accordingly, by determining in advance as thresholds the ratios of the two colors when various endoscopes E (the insertion sections E2) are appropriately positioned, the control unit D3 may perform evaluation as to Whether the endoscope E is appropriately positioned in each evaluation region A, by comparing each threshold and each evaluation value (S203). The color of the endoscope in the image and colors other than the color of the endoscope may be selected as appropriate, and setting may be performed by a binarization process such that display is performed in black when at or greater than the threshold and in white when the threshold is not reached, for example.
Determination based on binarization may be performed on the entire image that is picked up, or may be performed on the predetermined range in the image. In the case of performance on the predetermined range, binarization may be performed on a predetermined range extending outward from a center of the image, or may be performed on a region of a predetermined range from a specific index.
After proceeding from step S203 to step S204, the control unit D3 checks whether the evaluation value is appropriate or not. A determination method of appropriate/inappropriate may be set as appropriate according to the type of the endoscope, the threshold regarding binarization, or the like. For example, appropriate positioning is determined in the case where the proportion of the color of the endoscope is equal to or smaller than a predetermined proportion.
Then, in the case where the evaluation value is determined to be appropriate, the control unit D3 may proceed to step S207 as shown in FIG. 10, and may exit the subroutine after determining that the endoscope E is appropriately positioned inside the treatment tank 31. However, the present invention is not limited to such a case, and the flow may be such that S108 is performed after it is determined in S106 that positioning of the endoscope is appropriate, and such that final determination is made by combining results of S106 and S108.
After proceeding from step S106 to S107 in a main routine in FIG. 9, the control unit D3 checks in step S107 whether it is determined that the endoscope E is appropriately positioned inside the treatment tank 31.
Then, in the case where it is determined by the process in step S106 that positioning is not appropriate, the control unit D3 proceeds from step 5107 to step S111, and issues a warning via the display unit 23 of the reprocessor main body 21 or the display unit D5 of the observation terminal D, and exits the routine.
In the case where it is determined by the process in step S106 that positioning is appropriate, the control unit D3 proceeds from step S107 to step S108 described in the first example.
THIRD EXAMPLE
In the case where the positioning state is inappropriate, the notification unit may, after the first example or the second example, notify information for making the positioning state appropriate.
Notification of information for making the positioning state appropriate may be by visual information, audio information, or other methods. As notification by visual information, a method of showing a correct positioning mode on the notification unit, a method of showing next to each other a part that is actually erroneously positioned and a sample image of a correct positioning mode, or the like may be cited as an example. As notification by audio information, a method of leading the user to correct positioning by guiding a position of a hand may be cited as an example.
FOURTH EXAMPLE
Determination of the positioning state of the endoscope E may also be performed using a determination system 50 including a learned neural network. An example of the determination system that uses a neural network is shown in FIG. 18.
For example, the determination system 50 is constructed in the control unit D3. The determination system 50 includes a variable acquisition unit 51, a determination parameter acquisition unit 52, and a plurality of neural networks 53 as the determination units.
For example, a variable group including the type of the endoscope E, type of the endoscope reprocessor 1, type of the observation terminal D, a position of the observation unit when the observation terminal D is disposed, type of the observation unit, or the number of endoscopes E that are positioned inside the treatment tank 31 is inputted to the variable acquisition unit 51. Note that not all the variables forming the variable group have to be inputted to the variable acquisition unit 51, and it suffices if the variable that is inputted to the variable acquisition unit 51 is at least one type that is selected from the variable group.
For example, the determination parameter acquisition unit 52 generates, and outputs to the corresponding neural network 53, a determination parameter that is associated with the variable that is inputted to the variable acquisition unit 51. In other words, the determination parameter acquisition unit 52 specifies at least one corresponding neural network 53 based on the variable group, and outputs the determination parameter to the neural network 53, for example. As the determination parameter to be outputted to the neural network 53, pixel data of a detection range A set on the observation image P based on the variable group may be used, for example.
Each neural network 53 includes an input layer 53a to which the determination parameter from the determination parameter acquisition unit 52 is inputted, an intermediate layer 53b where calculation is performed on the determination parameter that is inputted to the input layer 53a, and an output layer 53c that outputs a calculation result from the intermediate layer 53b.
The intermediate layer 53b here includes an array of a plurality of artificial neurons. A rule of calculation that is performed between input and output, a plurality of weighting coefficients used in the calculation, and the like are set in each artificial neuron by machine learning performed in advance.
When the determination parameter is inputted to the input layer 53a, the intermediate layer 53b performs calculation at each artificial neuron and thus obtains, in relation to the detection range A, a 90% probability of match (in other words, a 90% probability that positioning of the endoscope E is appropriate) or a 10% probability of non-match (in other words, a 10% probability that positioning of the endoscope E is inappropriate), for example. The calculation result is then outputted by the output layer 53c.
According to such a configuration, determination of whether the endoscope E is positioned in an appropriate positioning state in the treatment tank 31 of the endoscope reprocessor 1 may be performed accurately.
Note that in the embodiment described above, the control unit D3 of the observation terminal D is described to perform the first determination and the second determination and the like, hut the present invention is not limited to such a case, and determination may also be performed by the control unit 27 provided to the endoscope reprocessor 1 or the like, for example.
Furthermore, the control unit as the control apparatus may be implemented by a computer including one or more processors, a logic circuit, a memory, an input/output interface, a computer-readable recording medium and the like. In this case, the control unit may be implemented by recording a program for implementing a function of each structural element or entire main body unit in a non-transitory recording medium, causing a computer system to read the program, and executing the recorded program. For example, the processor is at least one of a CPU (central processing unit), a DSP (digital signal processor), or a GPU (graphics processing unit). For example, the logic circuit is at least one of an ASIC (application specific integrated circuit) and an FPGA (field-programmable gate array).
Furthermore, the present invention is not limited to the embodiment described above, and various modifications and changes may of course be made.
1. A control apparatus comprising a processor, wherein the processor is configured to
acquire a plurality of observation images, image pickup angles of which regarding a positioning state of an endoscope positioned in an endoscope reprocessor are different,
select an image showing a first part that is a predetermined part inside the endoscope reprocessor and a second part that is a predetermined part of the endoscope, and
determine whether the second part is included in a predetermined range from the first part.
2. The control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the processor
determines that the positioning state is appropriate, in a case where the second part is included in the predetermined range from the first part,
determines that the positioning state is inappropriate, in a case where the second part is not included in the predetermined range from the first part, and
outputs a signal for notifying a determination result.
3. The control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the processor eliminates, from the plurality of observation images, each of the observation images in which the endoscope is shown as a virtual image.
4. The control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein
the first part is a pin of a holding net disposed inside a treatment tank, and
the second part is a scale line.
5. The control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of observation images are images that are picked up from different angles according to opening/closing of a cover that is provided with one end being capable of being opened/closed and another end being fixed to the endoscope reprocessor.
6. The control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the processor determines whether the second part is included in the predetermined range from the first part that is the predetermined part inside the endoscope reprocessor, in order from one of the plurality of observation images that is acquired at a later time in a time series.
a last one of the plurality of observation images, in the time series, is an image that is picked up in a state where a cover that is provided with one end being capable of being opened/closed and another end being fixed to the endoscope reprocessor is closed, and
whether the second part is included in the predetermined range from the first part that is the predetermined part inside the endoscope reprocessor is determined in order from the last one of the plurality of observation images.
acquires endoscope information, and
changes at least one of the first part or the second part based on the endoscope information.
9. The control apparatus according to claim. 1, wherein the plurality of observation images are an image that is picked up at a first wavelength, and an image that is picked up at a second wavelength different from the first wavelength.
10. The control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the processor
calculates a proportion of a specific color of at least a part of each of the plurality of observation images, and
determines whether the positioning state is appropriate or inappropriate by comparing the proportion of the specific color with a threshold.
11. The control apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the processor acquires endoscope information, and changes the threshold based on the endoscope information.
12. The control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the processor inputs each of the plurality of observation images to a machine-learned model, and performs the determination.
13. An endoscope positioning state determination method comprising:
acquiring a plurality of observation images, image pickup angles of which regarding a positioning state of an endoscope positioned in an endoscope reprocessor are different; and
determining, in order from one of the plurality of observation images that is acquired last in a time series, whether a second part is included in a predetermined range from a first part that is a predetermined part inside the endoscope reprocessor.
14. The endoscope positioning stale determination method according to claim 13, wherein the plurality of observation images are acquired by performing image pickup from different angles according to rotation of a cover that is provided with one end being rotatable and another end being fixed to the endoscope reprocessor.
15. The endoscope positioning stale determination method according to claim 14, wherein a last one of the plurality of observation images is an image that is picked up in a state where the cover is closed.
16. A non-transitory recording medium recording a program for causing a computer to:
acquire a plurality of observation images, image pickup angles of which regarding a positioning state of an endoscope positioned in an endoscope reprocessor are different; and
determine, in order from one of the plurality of observation images that is acquired last in a time series, whether a second part is included in a predetermined range from a first part that is a predetermined part inside the endoscope reprocessor.
Filed: Aug 16, 2022
Publication Date: Dec 8, 2022
Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION (Tokyo)
Inventors: Jin OHARA (Tokyo), Yuichiro HASHIMOTO (Tokyo), Keigo TAKAHASHI (Tokyo)
International Classification: G06T 7/70 (20060101); A61B 1/12 (20060101); A61B 90/70 (20060101); G06T 7/90 (20060101);